"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" | ||||
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Single by Buddy Holly | ||||
from the album The Buddy Holly Story | ||||
B-side | "Raining in My Heart" | |||
Released | January 5, 1959 | |||
Recorded | October 21, 1958 | |||
Studio | Decca Studios, Pythian Temple, New York City | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:01 | |||
Label | Coral Records 9-62074 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Anka | |||
Buddy Holly singles chronology | ||||
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"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song was issued in January 1959, less than a month before Holly's death. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" reached number 13 as a posthumous hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1959, shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The single was a two-sided hit, backed with "Raining in My Heart". "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" was Holly's last US Top 20 hit and featured the orchestral backing of Dick Jacobs. It was also successful in the United Kingdom, where it became the country's first posthumous number 1 hit. [1]
The song was recorded in mid-October 1958 in New York City. Paul Anka wrote it specifically for Holly. He donated his royalties from the song to Holly's wife. He said: "'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' has a tragic irony about it now, but at least it will help look after Buddy Holly's family. I'm giving my composer's royalty to his widow - it's the least I can do."
The song has been covered many times, most commercially successfully by New Zealand-born singer songwriter Mark Williams, who had a number-one hit with it in 1977.
In the United Kingdom the song reached number 1 on April 24, 1959, and remained in that position for three weeks, becoming the first posthumous number 1 hit in UK chart history. [2] Holly would continue to achieve posthumous chart success in the UK well into the 1960s. In the United States it reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was Holly's last Top 20 hit in the United States. Internationally, the song reached number 1 in both Canada and Ireland, and also peaked at number 2 in the Australian charts.
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"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" | ||||
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Single by Linda Ronstadt | ||||
from the album Heart Like a Wheel | ||||
A-side | "When Will I Be Loved" | |||
Released | March 25, 1975 | |||
Genre | ||||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Anka | |||
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology | ||||
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Linda Ronstadt covered "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" in 1974 on her multi-platinum album Heart Like a Wheel . As the B-side of "When Will I Be Loved," it became a double-sided hit in the United States. The single reached number 20 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, number 47 on the Pop chart, and number 54 on the Country chart in the fall of 1975.
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles [7] | 83 |
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [8] | 18 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 47 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 20 |
U.S. Billboard Country | 54 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 80 |
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" | ||||
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Single by Mark Williams | ||||
from the album Taking It All In Stride | ||||
B-side | "True Love (Is Never Easy)" | |||
Released | April 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1977 | |||
Studio | EMI Studios, Wellington, New Zealand | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 2:42 | |||
Label | EMI Music | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Anka | |||
Producer(s) | Alan Galbraith | |||
Mark Williams singles chronology | ||||
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"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" was covered by New Zealand-born singer songwriter, Mark Williams. The song was released in April 1977 as the second single from his third studio album, Taking It All In Stride (1977). The song peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand charts and was the highest selling single by a New Zealand artist in New Zealand in 1977.
Side A: "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
Side B: "True Love (Is Never Easy)"
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] | 1 |
Chart (1977) | Rank |
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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [10] | 6 |
New Zealand Artist (Recorded Music NZ) [10] | 1 |
External video | |
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Lucius with JD McPherson & Jimmy Sutton - It Doesn't Matter Anymore - TWSWPWK, JD McPherson |
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